“We contacted the player and he told us that he would never join Fiorentina,” Marotta claimed. “He said he just had to decide between us and Fulham, who were bossed by his former Coach Martin Jol.

“Fiorentina keep attacking us, but the truth is that we helped them to not look foolish.”

I understand Marotta’s position but the bottom line is that all Juventus fans heard heading into, and during, the summer transfer market was that the club was going to sign a world class striker in order to compete in the Champions League.

That never happened. Juve ended up with Nicklas Bendtner, on loan from Arsenal, and are in danger of not making it out of the group stage in the Champions League. That is why Juventus fans are upset. Marotta failed to deliver the world class striker that he said he would.